Proud Boys leader complains about jail conditions, wants early release

[Jilly_in_VA]

Complaining about jail conditions, a top leader of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group asked a judge on Monday to free him before he finishes serving a five-month sentence for burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church in Washington, D.C.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Jonathan Pittman said Monday he would rule by the end of the week on whether to reduce Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio’s sentence to 90 days. But the judge struck a consistently skeptical tone that left Tarrio, testifying by video from jail, visibly slumped in frustration.

Tarrio asked that his sentence be reduced or that he be allowed to finish it under house arrest because he claims he has been harassed by correctional officers and exposed to inhumane jail conditions. He said his cell has regularly flooded with dirty toilet water from a neighboring cell.

“I’ve been to jail before and what I’ve seen here, I’ve never seen anywhere else,” Tarrio said, wearing an orange jumpsuit and a mask over his face. “This place needs to be shut down immediately.”

He detailed abusive guards, constantly flooded cells, smoke-filled hallways and medical neglect, saying he witnessed a prisoner have a seizure who lay there for a half hour before any help arrived.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-leader-complains-jail-conditions-wants-early-release-rcna5683
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Suffer, baby! (He only wants it for himself, he doesn't care about the guy having the seizure)

[onecaliberal]

1. I guess he's going through some things.

Pretend tough Nazi want to be isn’t so tough after all.

This goes to show how pathetic and soft these people are. Their toughness stops with talk.

[spooky3]

2. Others (including activists) have objected to conditions there, but it doesn't appear that

Tarrio is being singled out. They just need to correct the problems for everyone.

[crickets]

23. This. nt

[MineralMan]

3. Poor Baby! Iddums Has a Sad...

[Jerry2144]

4. It's a freaking jail

Not the Four Seasons Hotel or Landscaping. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. That shitwaffle bright this on himself. I have no sympathy. Keep him there until trial

[Tomconroy]

5. Sounds like what he should be asking for is a transfer

Not a sentence reduction.

[lagomorph777]

21. What he should be asking for is forgiveness.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. If conditions are that deplorable, if, then everyone there should be released, or is it ok for such

deplorable conditions in all prisons in America?

[LW1977]

7. Maybe should've thought of that before committing a crime!

What a snowflake cuck!

[Alpeduez21]

11. No. Just no

The acts of suspicion or conviction of committing a crime are NOT grounds for treating a person with abject disregard for humanity. Much as I hate this person they are accorded ethical treatment.

[Elessar Zappa]

17. Who says he's telling the truth?

[PatSeg]

8. If conditions are as bad as he says,

maybe something good will come from his complaints and meanwhile, maybe he can be transferred to another facility. NOT go home early!

[CrispyQ]

9. How much did he care about prison conditions before he was in one?

How long after he gets out will he care?

[secondwind]

10. He looks pretty tough in the photo there, I think he can survive, lol.

[LiberalFighter]

12. He's been to jail before?

[dalton99a]

13. 16 months in federal prison for stealing and reselling $1.2 million worth of diabetes test strips

And before that, three years of probation for stealing a $55,000 motorcycle

[obamanut2012]

14. Henry Tarrio

His name is not Enrique, but Henry. He also very heavily tans so he appears much, much darker than he is. There are pix where his shirt rides down/up and you can see the tan line, and there are also pix of him in high school and younger.

Yes, he is definitely Latino, his parents and grandparents came to Florida from Cuba, but he heavily plays up any Afro Carib blood, and makes his appearance (tan and facial hair) look much different, much less "white," than before he was all up in the Proud Boys.

My point is: why? It is actually very interesting that he does this.

[lastlib]

15. Can't do the time, don't do the crime.

Suck it, proud boy. Swallow your f*cking pride and choke on it. Whiny snowflake--you want to dish it out when you can't take it? I got a nice old rusty, manure-encrusted, tetanus-infected pitchfor you can self-fornicate with. Sideways.

[Mike Nelson]

16. Well...

... his idea of "abusive guards" could be because he's a problem inmate... toilets can have problems, but I'm sure the prison has plumbers (and mops)... I think "smoke-filled hallways" should be checked out... if he needs a medical checkup, I think he can be scheduled for one.

[Midnight Writer]

18. Maybe he can devote himself in the future to prison reform?

[JustAnotherGen]

19. He believes

He's better than everyone else . . .

Now who's the elitist? Since they are so quick to throw that label at us . . . turn about is fair play.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

20. Snitches never do well when incarcerated.

He don't get no respect.

He'll be back in jail again, within 5 years of getting out. He fits the profile of stupid fascist criminal.

[Jilly_in_VA]

22. I can say some things

about prison medical neglect because I've treated people (mostly men) suffering from the results of it. The only reason I didn't take care of many women was because I didn't work on GYN or maternity very much. But as for Henry, he's using that poor guy just to boost his own whine.